- Born
- Birth nameJudith Lee Ivey
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Veteran stage actress Judith Ivey is a two-time Tony Award winner; she won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Steaming (1983), and later, Hurlyburly (1985). Her performances in Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1992), and a revival of The Heiress (2013) were both nominated for Tony Awards. Ivey's television and film work extends over four decades; that as it may be, she is often associated with her one-year run as Texan B.J. Poteet on Designing Women (1986), replacing Julia Duffy, who had replaced Delta Burke in 1991. She also appeared in The Devil's Advocate (1997), What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) (for which she received an Emmy nomination), Will & Grace (1998), Nurse Jackie (2009), Grey's Anatomy (2005), Big Love (2006), White Collar (2009), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anthony Ronald Vario
- SpousesTim Braine(May 14, 1989 - present) (2 children)Ricardo Gutiérrez(1973 - 1978) (divorced)
- Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play): in 1983 for "Steaming" and in 1985 for David Rabe's "Hurlyburly." She was also nominated as Best Actress (Play) in 1992 for "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard".
- Studied acting at Illinois State University.
- She appeared in numerous TV commercials for products such as Greyhound buses, StaPuf fabric softener, Red Lobster restaurants and Gerber baby food.
- Daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Braine (born 1989) and son, Thomas Carter Braine (born December 8, 1993) with her husband, Tim Braine.
- Discovered her love for drama when she acted in a high school production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner".
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